4 characters Idiom and proverb 20 213

Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「朝趁暮食」, with details below.

Introducing the idiom 「朝趁暮食」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

Only by earning money during the day can you have food to eat at night. Describes a very poor life.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

cháo chèn mù shí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jiu1 chan3 mou6 sik6

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